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Robert Rivest will present his comic stress
management show. He shares tried and true methods of
stress reduction, showing how to build concentration,
calm the body, and quiet the mind. The program
follows the brief annual meeting of the Friends of
the Library.
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On Saturday, June 4 and Sunday, June 5, 2011, we will hold
our spring book sale. This sale will include
individually-priced books as well as hardcovers, trade
paperbacks, and mass-market paperbacks. Sunday will be
Bargain Day—everything will be half-price.
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Dr. Richard Pollack, a public health entomologist and parasitologist,
will talk about "bugs" that trouble us year round and seasonally. He
will explain how bed bugs, head lice, ticks, and mosquitoes locate
us, and discuss both the risks that we incur and what we can do about
them.
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Paul Revere aspired to become a successful
entrepreneur in the young Republic, but was
disappointed in efforts to secure loans and contracts
necessary to expand his business. Robert Martello,
Associate Professor of the History of Science and
Technology at Olin College, delves into social and
other factors that explain obstacles to Paul Revere's
business plan and his rejection as candidate for
director of the U.S. Mint.
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We are now able to handle online payments for
memberships
or
donations
from credit cards or PayPal accounts.
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In December 2010, The Quickening (Other Press)
was a shortlisted finalist for the annual
Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize awarded by The
Center for Fiction. Set in midwestern farmland during
the Great Depression, the story unfolds through the
course of friendship between two disparate women
whose lives are linked by challenging circumstances.
Although Iowa-born author Michelle Hoover drew
inspiration from a journal written late in life by a
great-grandmother, her novel taps into human
experience beyond its specific place and time.
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On Saturday, January 29 and Sunday, January 30, 2011,
we will hold our winter book sale. This sale will
include individually-priced books as well as
hardcovers, trade paperbacks, and mass-market
paperbacks. Sunday will be Bargain
Day—everything will be half-price.
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The millennia since Archimedes lived seem to fade
away in the telling of his story by Alan Hirshfeld,
Professor of Physics at the University of
Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Archimedes was acknowledged
as brilliant by his third century B.C. peers. Today,
his mathematical understanding of basics, such as
buoyancy, levers, and screws, is taken for granted,
but still applied. Professor Hirshfeld shows the
relationship between sensational feats credited to
Archimedes in the ancient world, and modern marvels,
such as mechanical cardiac assist systems or
wastewater treatment plants.
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The members of the Trio con Brio ensemble are Wendy
Vignaux, Flute; Laura Wilkins, Flute; and Susanne
Friedrich, Cello. Their program of chamber music
will include eighteenth century works by
François Devienne and C.P.E. Bach, and
twentieth century compositions by Gary Shocker and
John Tarrh.
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The Friends will hold a four-hour book sale on Saturday, December
4th from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Library’s Community
Room. There will be a large selection of children's books (both hard
cover and paperback), and fiction (hard cover, trade and mass market
paperback) as well as a smaller number of non-fiction books, CDs and
videos. Hard cover and trade paperbacks will be $1.00 each and mass
market and children's paperbacks will be 50¢ each. Holiday and
better/older books in the ongoing sale area will be sold at
50% off during this four-hour sale.
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Author Clara Silverstein will discuss how she
researched her book about healthy ways to cook with
the kinds of vegetables and fruits grown in the
White House garden and fun facts about White House
gardens, past and present. She will also show photos
from her two visits. A White House Garden
Cookbook will be available for purchase and
autograph.
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On Saturday, October 2 and Sunday, October 3, we
will hold our 38th annual fall book sale. Over
15,000 books will be for sale in the Library's
Community Room. Separate categories include fiction,
non-fiction, youth, cookbooks, travel, sports,
crafts, foreign language, self-help, reference and
audio-visual material.
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On Saturday, hard-cover and trade paperbacks are
priced $1.00 and mass-market paperbacks are 50 cents
each. Sunday is Bargain Day; all items are half
price and a brown bag is $8.00. In addition,
individually priced books in the ongoing book sale
section will be half price on both Saturday and
Sunday.
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